Example sentences of "i [vb base] [to-vb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 So I tend to give them a wide berth wherever possible .
2 I tend to forget what a proper doctor should wear .
3 I forget to tell you the other night .
4 ‘ But I want to give you a little help with your wicket keeping .
5 I want to ask her an embarrassing question . ’
6 I I 'm very grateful to the minister but I want to ask him a straightforward question .
7 ‘ Glad to meet you , Christina , and I want to say what a marvellous job you have done down here .
8 I 'm doing it tomorrow cos I want to leave it a little bit
9 I want I want to tell you a secret
10 I want to make him an excellent offer for Sleet , one impossible to refuse .
11 What happens if he says well I want to alter it a little bit ?
12 So er to look at it er another way , w I , I 'll stop before I go back to the erm slides , because I want to show you a few on you know erm er the way that money 's worked over the last forty years , but if you look at index-linked certificates , cos somebody mentioned that , are they worth having ?
13 I fully accept that if I want to know everything a top luthier knows then I should go away and make a serious study of the subject , but I would be quite happy to read a dedicated magazine each month from which I can learn about what 's new , who 's up to what , what new guitars are like to play etc. etc. and also the meaning of the industry 's technical terminology .
14 I want to know what the first three digits are . ’
15 So why put him under the pressure , she sa cos I said , I want to know what the long-term effect of me taking him out of this is , because , effectively I 'm taking him out of something of the system , knowing , he 's going to miss that .
16 I try to keep it the same time .
17 I try to make it a therapeutic education process for the abductees as well .
18 When I smile at her , I try to make it a fatherly smile .
19 ‘ Besides , I wish to ask you a big favour . ’
20 I wish to hear what the hon. Gentleman has to say .
21 I have to give it an important-sounding name .
22 Head and shoulders , knees and toes , knees and toes , head and shoulders , knees and toes , knees and toes , and eyes and ears and mouth and nose , head and shoulders , knees and toes , me and he , I have to do it a little bit faster
23 ‘ Now I have to know what the latest styles are it 's part of my job . ’
24 I have to tell you the terrible things I thought about you when I stumbled into that nursery , part of the rooms you had locked away from me .
25 ‘ I did but I cheated — cooked them from frozen , but tonight I promise to cook you a proper meal , my own personal favourite .
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